Central Louisiana Technical Community College Library: Industrial Manufacturing Technology: Library Resources: Electronic Books (eBooks)

Library Resources

To locate electronic books (eBooks):

Click on "Search the Catalog" in the search box above; this will take you to the Library's Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
Put your search term in the search box
Click "Search"
On the left side, scroll down until you see "Material Type", then select "Electronic Book"
Select the book you would like to read by clicking on the hyperlink after the words "Electronic Access"

Quick tips for finding books:

Think about the topics your instructor has discussed in class
Use keywords and subject terms
Write down all the ideas that come to mind when you think about your topic

If you need help, contact a librarian at 318.487.5443 ext. 1137 or library@cltcc.edu.

To search the databases (electronic journals/periodicals):

If you know which database you'd like to use, select it from the dropdown menu above, then click "GO"
If you do not know which database you'd like to use, click on "View More Results" beneath the dropdown menu, that will take you to the A to Z Database List and you can select from there (the databases have descriptions written underneath to help you choose the appropriate one)
Once you have selected the appropriate database, you will land on a search page
Enter your term(s) into the search bar(s)
Click on "Search"
You can limit your search using the left side of the screen
Read the abstract under the article to determine if it meets your needs
To access the article, click on the hyperlink underneath the article

Quick tips for finding articles:

Think about the topics your instructor has discussed in class
Use keywords and subject terms
Write down all the ideas that come to mind when you think about your topic
As you type in your search terms, pay attention to the suggested terms that are added during your search
Use the left side of the screen to limit your results by year, subject, and publication

Remember:

Linked Full Text - Will bring up the entire article so that you do not have to submit a request (select this box on the left side of the screen)
Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals - contain articles that were evaluated by professionals for accuracy, but you still want to verify the information for your own research purposes

If you need help, contact a librarian at 318.487.5443 ext. 1137/1931 or library@cltcc.edu.

To access the databases from off campus, you will need your LoLA username and password.

If your need help, contact the Librarian at 318.487.5443 ext. 1137 or library@cltcc.edu.

This is a comprehensive list of electronic journals owned by Central Louisiana Technical Community College. The journals are divided by category.

To access these journals off campus, you will need your LoLA username and password.

If your need help, contact the Librarian at 318.487.5443 ext. 1137 or library@cltcc.edu.

Duke University Press
The Duke University Press book collections provide access to over 2,700 e-books in the humanities and social sciences.
IEEE Xplore
Now Publishers Foundations and Trends® Technology eBooks Library
This library includes more than 475 titles on emerging topics in engineering and computer science.

Please be aware that the default search will show results that includes content not available through this purchase. Change the search terms to include either My Subscribed Content or Open Access rather than All Results. My Subscribed Content will show both content available through this purchase and Open Access content.
Open Access books on JSTOR
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Project Gutenberg
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Search Terms

These are some of the terms that students may need for a research project. Other terms may be useful in addition to those listed below. Use specific words. Try both the plural and singular forms. Vary the combinations.

Machinery
Manufacturing
Production Engineering
Robotics

Electronic Books

To access electronic books (eBooks), you will need your LoLA username and password.

Manufacturing Engineering Handbook by Hwaiyu Geng (Editor)
ISBN: 9781849723442
Publication Date: 2008-10-03
Let our teams of experts help you to stay competitive in a global marketplace. It is every company's goal to build the highest quality goods at the lowest price in the shortest time possible. With the Manufacturing Engineering Handbook you'll have access to information on conventional and modern manufacturing processes and operations management that you didn't have before. For example, if you are a manufacturing engineer responding to a request for proposal (RFP), you will find everything you need for estimating manufacturing cost, labor cost and overall production cost by turning to chapter 2, section 2.5, the manufacturing estimating section. The handbook will even outline the various manufacturing processes for you. Likewise, if you are a Design Engineer and need information regarding hydraulics, generators & transformers, turn to chapter 3, section 3.2.3, and you'll find generators & transformers.
Personal fabrication by Baudisch, Patrick
ISBN: 9781680832594
Publication Date: 2017
While fabrication technologies have been in use in industry for several decades, expiring patents have recently allowed the technology to spill over to technology-enthusiastic "makers". The big question now is whether the technology will further progress towards consumers, which would allow the technology to scale from hundreds of thousands of users to hundreds of millions of users. Such a transition would enable consumers to use computing not just to process data, but for physical matter. This holds the promise of democratizing a whole range of fields preoccupied with physical objects, from product design to interior design, to carpentry, and to some areas of mechanical and structural engineering. It would bring massive, disruptive change to these industries and their users. We analyze similar trends in the history of computing that made the transition from industry to consumers, such as desktop publishing and home video editing, and come to the conclusion that such a transition is likely. Our analysis, however, also reveals that any transition to consumers first requires a hardware + software system that embodies the skills and expert knowledge that consumers lack: (1) hardware and materials that allow fabricating the intended objects, (2) software that embodies domain knowledge, (3) software that embodies the know-how required to operate the machinery, and (4) software that provides immediate feedback and supports interactive exploration. At the same time, sustained success will only be possible if we also consider future implications, in particular (5) sustainability and (6) intellectual property. We argue that researchers in HCI and computer graphics are well equipped for tackling these six challenges. We survey the already existing work and derive an actionable research agenda.